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We're discussing day 8, so obviously I hope you're not reading without having watched.
It looked like he started looking like something was wrong straight off the tachiai. Couldn't really see anything clamping his arms or shoulders, do I guess the impact might have done something. It looked like touching the tawara, made it even more painful, so I'm going to guess it's something in his lower body.
... Onosato offered surprisingly little resistance, further raising concerns about the condition of the injured left shoulder that forced him to withdraw on the last day of the November tournament.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260118/p2g/00m/0sp/036000c
[from last November:]
Onosato's Nishonoseki stable submitted a medical certificate to the Japan Sumo Association stating he had a dislocated left shoulder requiring one month of treatment and recovery.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20251123/p2g/00m/0sp/014000c
The second article's from late last November. Turns out dislocated shoulders need more than a month of recovery time.
If you think about it...
@merde@sh.itjust.works
Yeah, his shoulder was what I thought first too. I can for sure be very wrong. It's just the touch on the tawara that makes me think he actually has more injuries than the shoulder.
I see what you're saying... It looks like Onosato was in pain from the moment Hakunofuji hit his shoulder, but at least Onosato was sliding/stepping backwards; then when Onosato hit the bales he resisted for a second then immediately stepped out. His legs and posture were straight the whole time, though. My guess is that the pressure on the shoulder (and therefore the pain) increased dramatically once Onosato hit the bales and started pushing forwards. But that's just a guess.
Sumotori are trained to ignore pain and to not display emotion, so this must be one hell of a lot of pain to make Onosato grimace and step out and kneel in the hallway like that. I mean, I bet if I felt that much pain I'd be screaming nonstop, collapse, and need to be carried out.
I hope Onosato gets to rest enough and recovers.
Could be his shoulder for sure. But hearing what his stable master thinks is the appropriate way to handle injuries, which is pretend it's not real, I would not be shocked there's more going wrong than his shoulder.
I too hope, he can rest, but looking at the first half of this tournament, I think he shouldn't have even started.
@DV8@lemmy.world , @Sergio@piefed.social
thanks for the information. let's see if he gets back tomorrow